Soccer player fractures skull
Hull midfielder Ryan Mason underwent surgery after fracturing his skull during a clash of heads during a Premier League match at Chelsea on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Mason “is in a stable condition and is expected to remain in hospital for the next few days,” Hull said in a statement.
The Englishman was taken to the neurosurgery unit at a hospital close to Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge after the collision with Chelsea defender Gary Cahill as they went to head the ball.
Mason received treatment for almost 10 minutes on the field before departing on a stretcher, while receiving oxygen.
“Everyone at the club would like to express their sincere thanks for the excellent and swift care” at the hospital, Hull said.
SKIING
Defending overall World Cup champion Lara Gut extended her perfect run in super-G this season with a comfortable win Sunday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
For her third straight super-G victory, Swiss skier Gut finished 0.67 seconds ahead of Stephanie Venier of Austria and 0.86 in front of Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein.
Lindsey Vonn struggled to a ninth-place finish. Vonn, who won a downhill Saturday in just the second race of her comeback from a knee injury and a broken arm, finished 1.65 seconds behind.
Men: Five-time overall champion Marcel Hirscher prevented Dave Ryding from becoming the first British skier to win a World Cup race by winning in Kitzbuehel, Austria.
The Austrian used a stunning second run to win the slalom of the classic Hahnenkamm races, while Ryding matched the best World Cup result by a British skier, set by Konrad Bartelski, who finished runner-up in a downhill in Val Gardena, Italy, in December 1981.
FIGURE SKATING
Nathan Chen followed a record-setting short program with a near-flawless free skate featuring five quadruple jumps to become the youngest men’s U.S. figure skating champion in more than five decades.
The 17-year-old Chen, performing to “The Polovtsian Dances,” became the first skater in the world to land five clean quads in competition in Kansas City, Mo. The result was a free skate score of 212.08 — more than the composite of several rivals — and finished with a 318.47 total that put him well clear of the competition.
Sixteen-year-old Vincent Zhou missed on his first quad but was clean the rest of the way. His total of 263.03 earned him the silver medal.
HOCKEY
Sydney McKibbon scored twice as the top-ranked Wisconsin women’s team held off North Dakota, 2-1, at LaBahn Arena. Goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens made 15 saves for the Badgers (22-2-1, 17-2-1-1 WCHA).
TENNIS
Bob and Mike Bryan are retiring from Davis Cup play after 14 years representing the United States.
The 38-year-old twin brothers are continuing at tour level and are through to the third round at the Australian Open, where they’ve won six of their record 16 Grand Slam doubles titles.
The Bryans have the most victories by any doubles team in U.S. Davis Cup history, going 24-5.
SNOWMOBILE RACING
Nick Van Strydonk of Tomahawk topped longtime friend and rival Cardell Potter to win his second title at the World Championshp Snowmobile Derby in Eagle River five years after his first on the half-mile ice oval.
Potter, the 2015 champion from Camp Douglas, challenged early, but Van Strydonk began to pull away with five laps to go in the 30-lap main event.